It is often suggested that the only thing more difficult than winning a Super Bowl is defending the title. But the Packers, the NFL's last remaining undefeated team this season, are aiming to do just that.

Fresh off a fourth Super Bowl win, the Packers are 6-0 for the first time since 1965 and have tied a franchise record with 12 consecutive wins including the postseason.

"We're 6-0," says head coach MIKE MC CARTHY, whose Packers have equaled the 12-game win streak by VINCE LOMBARDI's teams in 1961-62. "We've put good numbers up, but we have to get better. You have to be running on all cylinders and we're not there, yet. Yes, we put up big numbers, but we're not at the level we feel we can be at."

The idea of the Packers getting better can't be a comfortable thought for their opponents.

Green Bay has relied on its consistent offense en route to 6-0, scoring at least 24 points and posting at least 390 total net yards in each of its first six games this season for the first time in franchise history.

With last Sunday's 24-3 win against St. Louis, Green Bay became the seventh defending Super Bowl champion to start a season 6-0. All six of those teams won at least 10 games and advanced to the playoffs, and two of them repeated as Super Bowl champions – the 1998 Denver Broncos and 2004 New England Patriots.

The defending Super Bowl champions that started the season with six consecutive wins:

AARON RODGERS, who was named Super Bowl XLV MVP following the Packers 31-25 win against Pittsburgh, has quarterbacked the Packers to their strong start and leads the NFL in touchdown passes (17) and passer rating (122.5).

With a 119.6 rating against St. Louis, Rodgers became the first player in NFL history with a 110+ passer rating in each of his first six games to start a season.

Rodgers is currently on pace to surpass Pro Football Hall of Famer BART STARR's mark for the highest passer rating by a quarterback in a season following a Super Bowl MVP performance (104.3 in 1968). He can also challenge PEYTON MANNING's single-season passer rating record of 121.1 in 2004.

"You have to keep it in perspective," says Rodgers. "Success is incredible. The numbers, they look good now, but let's look at them at the end of the year. If they're still right there at the top, that will feel good, but our ultimate goal here is to win Super Bowls. It won't feel good unless we're in Indianapolis this year, actually playing in the game and completing the journey."

The Packers will travel to Minnesota for an NFC North showdown in Week 7 and aim for their first 7-0 start since 1962.

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